AUBURN — Four people were injured in separate crashes Tuesday, one on Washington Street and one on Route 4, police said. Kevin Overlock, 43, of Windham was charged with operating with a suspended license after his Harley-Davidson motorcycle was struck by a car Tuesday morning at the Beech Hill Road intersection on Washington Street, Sgt. Nathan […]
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Two girls injured in Farmington ATV crash
FARMINGTON — Two teenage girls were injured Monday when their side-by-side recreation vehicle struck a tree and rolled over, landing on the driver on Owen Manning Road in West Farmington. The 14-year-old driver from Farmington was attempting to take a right turn into a driveway, but the ATV was going too fast, hit a tree […]
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Avon, Phillips residents injured when cars hit head-on on Route 4 in Avon
AVON — A local woman and a Phillips man were injured Thursday morning when their vehicles collided head-on on Route 4. Jonathan Cummings, 41, of Phillips told state police he was driving north when he reached for a package of cigarettes in the passenger seat and his SUV crossed the centerline, Trooper Andrew Hardy said. […]
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Dixfield man burned in kitchen fire
DIXFIELD — A local man suffered third-degree burns over 45 percent of his body in a kitchen fire at his Averill Hill Road farmhouse Tuesday evening, Fire Chief Scott Dennett said. Richard Roberts was listed in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland late Tuesday night, a nursing supervisor said. Dennett said the most significant […]
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3 cars, one pedestrian involved in Buckfield crash
BUCKFIELD — An accident involving three cars and one pedestrian Saturday morning resulted in life threatening injuries for two people, one in a car and the pedestrian. The accident happened just before 11 a.m. on Route 140 in front of the Buckfield-Sumner Transfer Station. The Oxford County Sheriff’s Department responded and, according to police, the incident […]
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Snowmobilers injured in crashes in Byron, Rangeley, Grand Falls area
RANGELEY — Poor trail conditions this past weekend were cited in three three snowmobile crashes that resulted in broken bones, Maine Warden Scott M. Stevens said. On Sunday afternoon, four teenage boys on snowmobiles left Bald Mountain Camps on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Oquossoc and headed back to their camps in Rangeley via the Bald Mountain […]
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Livermore Falls veteran struggling to build house
LIVERMORE FALLS — Veteran Jim Cyr is thankful to be alive and for everything he has. Cyr, 50, is 80 percent disabled. He lives off the grid in a yurt and has been struggling to build a house since 2010. But injuries, a lack of money and other issues have made it difficult. Cyr was […]
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Worker injured when boulder comes loose at Wilton treatment plant
WILTON — An E.L. Vining and Son Inc. employee was injured Tuesday afternoon when a boulder rolled into an excavated hole and onto the man’s lower extremities. Employees of the Farmington company were preparing the site for clarifiers for the more than $3 million upgrade of the Wilton Wastewater Treatment Plant on Davis Court. The […]
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Fire crews respond to ammonia leak at Poland Spring bottling plant
POLAND — Fire departments from several towns responded to an ammonia leak Thursday morning at the Poland Spring Water Co. bottling plant. The building was evacuated and four people were sent to area hospitals to be examined, officials said. A spokesman for Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston said four patients were brought in for […]
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Injuries reported in Mechanic Falls crash
MECHANIC FALLS — A teenager was hurt Friday night when the car he was driving crashed, rolled and caught fire on North Main Street. Police and rescue crews were sent to the area of 105 North Main St. at about 8:45 p.m. for a report of a car that had rolled several times. Police said […]